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• New York: Jews in the Turkic World

  
  Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog — Authority: 436
  Although Tracing the Tribe missed reporting on this conference earlier, readers should know about such events which shed light on relatively unknown Jewish communities. On November 23, the Azerbaijan Society of America (ASA) and Azerbaijani-American Council (AAC) joined the Turkish Coalition of America (TCA), the ...
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• Imaginary JSOC & Blackwater Ops in Uzbekistan

  
  Ghosts of Alexander — Authority: 536
  The stupidity regarding the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia continues to roll on. Example: An article in The Nation has been making the rounds. It says a lot of things about Blackwater, Special Forces and Pakistan. In the soup of conspiracy theories, wild accusations, actual dirty happenings and IO, who ...
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• Uzbekistan: Tashkent, a green city. Or not?

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Old trees are cut down in the center of Tashkent – the shocking news was spread in the city within a day. Photo by goricvet Planetrees, or platanus, planted at the end of the 19th century, were cut down in the public garden named after Amir Temur (Tamerlane) in Tashkent last week. As officials say , the ...
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• ILRF Report: Gymboree = Child Labor

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 535
  Earlier today, I mocked the American Family Association for its call this year to boycott companies that don’t use the word “Christmas” enough in their advertising. Pardon me for being blunt, but a matter like that is utterly trivial compared to something like forced child labor . Do you have a second ...
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• There is no longer freedom in the United States

  
  JammieWearingFool — Authority: 726
  Send Me Back To UzbekistanRuslan Sharipov, a U.S.-based Uzbek dissident and the only openly gay Uzbek journalist, says he is “disappointed with American democracy” and wants to return home.In an open letter to Uzbek President Islam Karimov, the U.S.-educated, award-winning journalist pleaded with the president to ...
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• Suryakaanthi audio launch at Radio Mirchi

  
  Indian Television Media News and Updates — Authority: 137
  Suryakaanthi audio launch at Radio Mirchi Suryakaanthi music album launched on-air for the first time at Radio Mirchi 98.3 Actor Chetan & Director Chaitanya entertain Mirchi listeners during the audio launch at Mirchi studio Bengaluru, November 24, 2009: Radio Mirchi – 98.3 FM is where all the action is… ...
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• The Environmental Issues – Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach.

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 123
  Nature and Animal Conservation        Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Visit : http://www.globalissues.org/article/1… ...
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• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – November 25th

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 123
  November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The white ribbon has become the symbol for the day. Click on the picture to join the Community Posted in 101 resolutions to your friends, ADVENTURES, Afghanistan, AFRICA, Angola, Armenia, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, Azerbaijan, ...
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• Uzbek democracy dissident released

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 435
  Uzbek opposition leader Sanjar Umarov is finally reunited with his family after being released from a labor camp. He received an amnesty and was released from prison on Nov. 7.A successful businessman, the 53-year-old Umarov formed the Sunshine Uzbekistan movement to press for economic reform. He became a dissident ...
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• LL Bean Responds with Grace

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 417
  Bama Athreya, Executive Director, ILRF   Just in time for Thanksgiving, the outdoor clothing brand LL Bean has made a significant commitment to work with ILRF to end forced child labor in cotton.  Last week, we released our Sweatshop Hall of Shame , and to our surprise, were compelled to name LL Bean as one ...
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• Yasuhito Endō Wins Asian Player of the Year

  
  The Offside — Authority: 615
  Quick: name the last three Asian Player of the Year winners. You can’t, can you? One maybe? I managed last year’s winner Djeparov, but my spelling was suspect and I only knew the name because of his ridiculous mullet-cum-bangs. The last three is merely an exercise in futility. And disinterest.Endo is obviously not ...
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• World Briefing | Asia: Uzbekistan: Opposition Leader Sent to U.S. After Early Release From Prison

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  Sanjar Umarov, who was imprisoned on charges that his supporters said were fabricated, was granted amnesty and released from a labor camp on Nov. 7.
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• Former U.K. Ambassador Reveals CIA Rendition and Torture in prior Soviet State Uzbekistan

  
  Pragmatic Witness — Authority: 112
  Daniel Tencer 11-4-2009rawstory.comThe CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country.Craig Murray, the rector of the ...
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• more right under our noses from behind the curtain

  
  n e u f n e u f — Authority: 445
  [click image] Or listen to him talk about it if you cant bear to do all that reading .... HINT: THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. Writing in The Nation Magazine, journalist Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now! correspondent has revealed Blackwater is secretly operating in Pakistan under a covert program that includes ...
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• Shorter Question Everything

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 442
  ChileChile has requested an estimated $665 million in arms and radar systems from the United States. Chile has had longstanding political and economic ties with the United States. As the country’s strongest trade partner, the United States has boosted bilateral trade ties by 154 percent in the last three years. The ...
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• Distorted Oil Reserve Figures Create Biofuel Opportunities

  
  The Lay Scientist — Authority: 528
  The recent revelations of a International Energy Administration whistleblower that the IEA may have distorted key oil projections under intense U.S. pressure is, if true (and whistleblowers rarely come forward to advance their careers), a slow-burning thermonuclear explosion on future global oil production. The Bush ...
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• Asian Cup Round-up

  
  Japan World Cup Team Blog — Authority: 100
  Asian Cup qualifying for Qatar 2011 is reaching the latter stages now, with the latest round of matches this week. For the uninitiated, the Asian Cup has 16 finalists coming from a variety of qualification routes – just to make things easy. Qatar qualify automatically as hosts, as do the top 3 nations from the ...
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• Long War Journal Recycles Tajikistan’s Finest Rumors

  
  Ghosts of Alexander — Authority: 536
  What’s with the insane rumor mongering being internalized by the upper echelons of our intelligence community? Via the Long War Journal , this is absolute, 100% fiction: Members of a Tajik military unit that turned against the government a decade ago have have joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and al ...
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• Untapped energy riches of Uzbekistan

  
  Silk Road Intelligencer — Authority: 531
  (Stockhouse) - While many Western investors remain fixated on somehow acquiring a slice of Turkmenistan’s natural gas riches, despite a recent scandal over the country’s actual reserves, there is another country further east whose energy and mineralogical reserves have been overlooked – Uzbekistan.Powered by ...
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• Guest Post: Biofuel Technology Rising To The Forefront

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 765
  Submitted by John Daly of Oilprice.com Biofuel Technology Rising to the Forefront The recent revelations of a International Energy Administration whistleblower that the IEA may have distorted key oil projections under intense U.S. pressure is, if true (and whistleblowers rarely come forward to advance their ...
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